Marguerite Duras(1914–1996)

Ms. Duras was born in southern Vietnam and lost her father at age 4. The family savings of 20 years bought the family a small plot in Cambodia, but everything was lost in a single season's flooding. The disaster killed her mother as a result. After high school in Saigon, Ms. Duras left Indochina to study law in Paris. As a young woman, she worked ... See full bio »

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Her play, "Days in the Trees," was performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England with Peggy Ashcroft, George Baker, and Frances Cuka in the cast. John Schlesinger was director. See more
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